People of the Pits

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Abid

CONTENTS

People Of the Pits

The 085:001 starts with God’s names and conveys the eternal message that those who hurt the Believers will be punished even though they can’t see it today with naked eye. They can repent truly to make amends because the Almighty is All-Forgiving, All-Loving – 085:015. Otherwise all worldly control, power or kingship (002:259) won’t save them from God’s wrath. He cites (085:002) natural elements (الۡبُرُوۡجِ Bo-rooj) of starry patterns, constellations, galaxies, mansions and spindles He made visible to us to lead us to believe in what He chose to keep invisible.

Allah swore by His creation of the Space and Stars. He chose the scene of cruelty by a few men who controlled the pits (085:006) where the fire was fed with a lot of fuel (085:006). The controllers put other human beings on stakes, burnt them alive and sat (085:006) watching (085:007) them. The victims were believers (085:009). The abomination was staged publicly to warn the others. This practice is as long as man’s history. Abraham was set up for that but God saved him. Pharaohs did that. Jews did it to the Christians. Christian crusades did that to the others. Moslems were fore-warned but they still practiced it. They burn their opponents even today. One of the significance of this Soorah is that it has prepared all future believers in advance. Those violated are consoled that His Seizure Is Strong And Very Severe (085:013). Those committing the atrocity have been put on a very clear notice of their total ruin (085:005). Forever all have been told of the divine scheme of things though some men do not understand. He knows the reasons why He planned that way and told man to wait (086:016 to 018). After all He Is The Doer Of What He Intends (085:016).

085:004 states the ‘witness’ شَاهِدٍ and the ‘witnessed’ مَشۡهُوۡدٍ although some translations have extrapolated them to mean differently. For example, Allamah Nooruddin referred شَاهِدٍ to the Holy Prophet s.a.w and مَشۡهُوۡدٍ to his community. And Dr Al-Hilali and Dr Khan referred شَاهِدٍ to the “Witnessing day, the Friday’ and مَشۡهُوۡدٍ to the “Witnessed Day, i.e. the day of Arafah (Hujj) the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah.”

085:005 shows that those who victimized ( اَصۡحٰبُ الۡاُخۡدُوۡدِ , us-haa-bool-ookh-dood) were ruined. A translation referred this phrass to a long story of a ‘Boy and a King’ and unfortunately tried to belittle the divinity of the message to the triviality of a fable.

085:009 provides the reason why the controllers, persecutors, patrons and spectators sat watching the brutalization. They disliked, hated and ill-treated by burning the victims alive for no fault except that they had believed in the Almighty.

The Almighty God concludes the lesson relative to the People of Pits as follows.
1. He tells all that everything belongs to Him and He witnesses everything (085:010).
2. He warns the persecutors of the believers with dire consequences (085:010).
3. He promises the Believers the Paradise as the best reward (085:010).
4. He reiterates that His Catching is indeed very severe (085:013).
5. He is the Doer Of What He Intends (085:016). He will surround the People of Pits all around (085:021) so they can’t escape the punishment for having wronged the Believers.

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Prayers to protect from evil

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Abid

Prayer to protect from evil

The 113:001 starts with God’s names and urges man to seek His protection from evil of all kinds. He made everything and can unmake it. He tears apart things when He wills. He can protect from all evil in His creation — in the dark, in the planners and plotters, in the works of jealousy.

113:002 directs to pray by saying قُلۡ (‘You say …’) that carries numerous connotations such as the following.
1. It commands a reader to deliver the message to all other persons in the whole wide world.
2. It orders him to tell himself too so that his telling only others is not an act of hypocrisy.
3. It directs the reader to acknowledge that he has received the message he gives others.
4. It mandates him to express his state of mind with the resolves like “I will do that.”

113:002 further exhorts to seek the protection of God of Cleaving (ٱلۡفَلَقِ, faluque) that among other things means as follows.
1. To cause something to burst open like the dawn or daybreak tears apart a night.
2. To cause the appearance, emergence and prevailing of the truth.
3. To split especially along a plane of natural weakness.
4. To broaden the depth of the request by seeking ‘protection from all evil ‘out there’ by ‘tearing it apart’ and ‘cleaving’ it.

113:003 elaborates the sphere of Evil. Man knows certain evils such as ‘mischief, bad things created as a test, set back, speed bump or stumbling block albeit temporary.’ But he can’t know ‘all that (مَا , maa) whatever, whenever and wherever’ that lies in all that He has created (خَلَقَ, kha-la-qua), brought into being, designed, fashioned or structured. Narrow meanings are conveyed by translating the prayer to ‘Seek protection from the evil He created.’ But very broad meanings appear in translations to “Seek protection from the evil of whatever He created.’ The broader meanings are obviously justified by the fact that God Almighty created everything and nothing really is inherently evil but its misuse or abuse by man is that makes it bad. Just as the Almighty’s blessings, forgiveness, grace, kindness and mercy have no bounds, man’s prayer like all prayers should be as broad as possible.

113:004 quotes one environment that breeds all kinds of evil for Man regardless of his color, creed or culture. Evil thrives in darkness, particularly when it has (وَقَبَ, wa-qub) become thick and is intensified into pitch dark, overspread with the thickness similar to what appears when the full moon has entered a total eclipse.

113:005 enumerates the evil of the blowers (ٱلنَّفَّـٰثَـٰتِ, nuf-fus-saa-tay) in the knots. Their kinds can be the breathers, the conjurers and evil whisperers who try to deter or obstruct good pursuits, the practitioners of secret arts and malignant methods, the promoters who join hands in witchcraft or the witches who cast evil suggestions. Their overt acts can be entering (لۡعُقَدِ, oqud) accords, agreements, compacts, pacts, pledges, resolutions, solutions and settlements which are agreed upon and firmed up between parties like in one or all of the following scenarios.
1. The age-old custom of concluding a solemn affirmation by blowing into hands.
2. The final step in the process of firming up an agreement, compact or mutual relationship.
3. The removal of complications which may have hitherto hindered finalizing a settlement.
4. The opening the knots that were tied up earlier.

113:006 specifies the evil of a jealous person when he perpetrates jealousy (حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ ). It is a fact of life we all experience, all the time, in all places. There have been in the past and there will always be in the future innumerable types of prejudices. Burning alive on the flaming fire for flouting established religion (085:005) may be just in the past. Protection from the evils of all kinds of biases and jealousy is as important today as in days gone by. Examples of this harsh reality abound all political, fiscal, social, professional or clerical arenas. In the world of today 2015 AD the most prominent may be have’s, have-nots and color-prejudices. Not at all is uncommon phenomenon to see the real impact of the evils of jealousy, grudge and biases. Ask the victim when an act of jealousy inflicted on him a harm or committed a crime against him.
 Ask a religious minority member in Pakistan or ISIS-controlled Iraq.
 Ask a ghetto resident who can’t improve his housing in many rich countries.
 Ask a black unemployable person in several places because he never got training.
 Ask a convict who lived a dozen years on death-row until DNA proved his innocence.
 Ask a poor who must feed his family in less than his rich neighbor spends in his dinner.
 Ask a child who attends integrated school hungry as his rich seatmate eats lavish lunch.
 Ask hundreds of first-responders battling cancer as Congress won’t fund insurance.
 Ask thousands of dependents of the innocent killed in World Trade Center on 9/11.
 Ask hundreds of thousands of dependents of Iraqis killed by oil-hungry foreigners.
 Ask millions of victims of religious and ethnic prejudices everywhere in the world.
The reasons go on and on why God taught to seek protection against the perpetrators of jealousy.

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086:001 to 005

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                   086:001 to 005

Verses of the Holy Qor-aan are quoted on this site with the numbers, the first set of three being the number of Soorah (Chapter) followed by the last set of three being the number of the verse. The numbers include بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ‏‏ as the verse #1 in every Soorah except the Soorah #9. The original Arabic word is shown first, or in Col #1. The phonetic transliteration in English is shown next, or in Col #2, and is based upon words commonly pronounced like bat, cat, sat → fate, gate, hate → bait, trait → bay, nay, say → be, he, she → bet, pet, wet → bit, fit, sit → cot, dot, rot → boot, hoot, root → bout, rout → but, cut, hut, ultimatum. The English equivalent to the Arabic words (shown first, or in Col #1) are provided next, or in Col #3. Some other alternates in English used in other translations are given last, or in Col #4.

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Chapter # 86                                    Soora-toot-Taa-riq                                  سُوۡرَةُ الطّارق

بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
وَالسَّمَآءِ وَالطَّارِقِ  ۙ‏○ وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ ۙ‏○ النَّجۡمُ الثَّاقِبُ ۙ‏○ اِنۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٌ ؕ‏ ○ فَلۡيَنۡظُرِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ؕ‏ ○ خُلِقَ مِنۡ مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ۙ‏ ○ يَّخۡرُجُ مِنۡۢ بَيۡنِ الصُّلۡبِ وَالتَّرَآٮِٕبِ ؕ‏○ اِنَّهٗ عَلٰى رَجۡعِهٖ لَقَادِرٌ ؕ‏○ يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى السَّرَآٮِٕرُ ۙ‏○ فَمَا لَهٗ مِنۡ قُوَّةٍ وَّلَا نَاصِرٍ ؕ‏ ○ وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجۡعِ ۙ‏○ وَالۡاَرۡضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدۡعِ ۙ‏ ○ اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلٌ فَصۡلٌ ۙ○‏ وَّمَا هُوَ بِالۡهَزۡلِ ؕ‏○ اِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيۡدُوۡنَ كَيۡدًا ۙ‏○ وَّاَكِيۡدُ كَيۡدًا ۚۖ‏○ فَمَهِّلِ الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ اَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدًا

1. Bis-mil-laa-hir-rah-maa-nir-ra-heem
2. Wus-sa-maa-ai-wut-taa-riq
3. Wa-maa-ud-raa-ka-mut-taa-riq
4. Un-nuj-mooth-thaa-qib
5. In-kool-lo-nuf-sin-lum-maa-alai-haa-haa-fiz

6. Ful-yun-zo-ril-in-saa-no-mim-ma-kho-lay-qa
7. Kho-lay-qa-mim-maa-in-daa-fe-quin
8. Yukh-ro-jo-mim-bai-nis-sool-bay-wut-ta-raa-ib.
9. In-na-hoo-alaa-ruj-ai-he-la-qaa-dir.
10. Yao-ma-toob-lus-sa-raa-ero
11. Fa-maa-la-hoo-min-qoo-wa-tin-wa-laa-naa-ser

12. Wus-sa-maa-ai-zaa-tir-ruj-ay
13. Wul-ur-dzay-zaa-tis-sud-ay
14. In-na-hoo-la-qao-loon-fus-loon
15. Wa-maa-ho-wa-bil-huz-lay

16. In-na-hoom-ya-kee-doo-na-kai-daa
17. Wa-akee-do-kai-daa
18. Fa-muh-hay-lil-kaa-fe-ree-na-um-hil-hoom-ro-wai-daa

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1. With the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful I begin
2. By the Sky and the Morning Star
3. And who will tell you what the morning star is
4. The star of piercing brightness
5. Surely every soul never ever is without a watch on it.  

6. So man should look at from what he was created.
7. He was created from a jetting fluid
8. That comes out from between the loins and the ribs.
9. He most certainly has the power to return him to life.
10. That day the secrets will be divulged
11. He then will have no strength and no helper

12. By the rains that keeps returning
13. And by the earth that has the opening
14. Most definitely this is a decisive word
15. And it is not packed with the idle talk

16. Surely they plot a plan
17. But I too have a plan
18. So bear with the disbelievers.  Give them a little respite

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:001                                    ○بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ‏‏

Bis-mil-laa-hir-rah-maa-nir-ra-heem

With the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful I begin

(Beginning, commencing, starting)

  • بِ — B…(is) — With (= This Arabic word literally means ‘with’. Its translation in English is more accurate with ‘with’ than with ‘in’)
  • سۡمِ — Ism…(il) — The name of (= The way to be addressed or called)
  • اللهِ — Laa-h…(ir) — Allah (= The Almighty God; the One Only worthy of worship)
  • الرَّحۡمٰنِ — Rah-maa-n(ir) — The Most Beneficent (= The One who fully, totally and wholly benefits all, to the maximum, with no condition, limitation or restriction. Compassionate. Gracious)
  • الرَّحِيۡمِ — Ra-heem — The Most Merciful (= The One who fully, totally and wholly showers mercy, to the maximum, again and again, continually, indefinitely and perpetually like the endlessly incoming waves from the oceans)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        086:002                                           ○ وَالسَّمَآءِ وَالطَّارِقِ ۙ‏

                 Wus-sa-maa-ai-wut-taa-riq

                By the Sky and the Morning Star

  • وَ — Wa…(us) — And (= The وَ vaao is tantamount to taking oath; solemn declaration or calling as a witness. Normally a Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; also; and; but; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • السَّمَآءَ — Sa-maa-e — The sky (= s., Heavens; All above ground, earth, clouds and space)
  • وَ — Wa…(ut) — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • الطَّارِقِ — Taa-riq — Morning star (= The very bright star that appears just before dawn. Night-Visitant; night visitor; comer by the night)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:003                                       ○ وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ ۙ‏

                 Wa-maa-ud-raa-ka-mut-taa-riq

                And who will tell you what the morning star is

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — Who (= 1. Whomever; whoso 2. Whatever; whatsoever)
  • أَدۡرَٮٰ — Ud-raa — Tell (= Add to knowledge; convey; explain; make aware; make it known; give understanding and comprehension; inform)
  • كَ — Ka — You (= pro., s., m., 2nd person. You single male. The addressee of this divine message is initially the Holy Prophet s.a.w and secondarily every Moslem, in fact every human being. See Commentary under 002:005)
  • مَاۤ — Maa…(ut) — What (= What; whatever; whatsoever; any time; whenever when)
  • الطَّارِقِ — Taa-riq — Morning star (= The very bright star that appears just before dawn. The Night-comer. The Night-Visitant)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:004                                                   ○ النَّجۡمُ الثَّاقِبُ ۙ‏

               Un-nuj-mooth-thaa-qib

               The star of piercing brightness

  • النَّجۡمُ — Un-nuj-mo…(oth) — The Star (= n., An astronomical object usually visible as a small  bright point of light in the night sky. A gaseous mass in space that generates energy by some thermonuclear reaction, such as the Sun.
  • الثَّاقِبُ — Thaa-qib — Brightness (= Dazzling, piercing, tremendously great brightness)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:005                              ○ اِنۡ كُلُّ نَفۡسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيۡهَا حَافِظٌ ؕ‏

                In-kool-lo-nuf-sin-lum-maa-alai-haa-haa-fiz

               Surely every soul never ever is without a watch on it 

  • اِنۡ — In — Surely (= Absolutely; certainly; definitely; doubtlessly; indeed; earnestly; seriously; positively; really; truly; verily)
  • كُلُّ — Kool-lo — Every (= Altogether; each and everyone; entirely; everything without exception; totally; very much; wholly)
  • نَّفۡسٍ — Nuf-sin…(l) — Soul (= n., s., an individual’s heart, mind or soul; being; person)
  • لَّمَّا — Lum-maa — Never ever (= This is a combination of two words. The first word is لم (lum) meaning ‘absolutely, certainly, definitely, positively, surely, truly or verily. The second word is ما (maa) meaning ‘no, never, absolutely not; not all. Joined together لَّمَّا (lum-maa) means ‘Certainly not’, ‘definitely never’, ‘never ever’)
  • عَلَيۡ — Alai — On (= Above; against; before; during; for; upon top of; over; to)
  • هَا — Haa — It (= pro., s., f., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid ‘soul’)
  • حَافِظٌ — Haa-fiz — Watch (= Guardian. Keeper. Protector. A/t/a The angel in-charge who guards and writes all good and bad deeds of a man)

Continued: See 086:006 to 011

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086:012 to 018

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Abid

Continued from 086:006 to 011

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        086:012                                        ○ وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجۡعِ ۙ‏

                Wus-sa-maa-ai-zaa-tir-ruj-ay

                By the rains that keep returning

  • وَ — Wa…(us) — And By (= The وَ vaao is tantamount to taking oath; solemn declaration. Call or cite as a witness)
  • السَّمَآءَ — Sa-maa-ai — The rains (= Firmament. Heaven. All above ground or earth and in space above. In the present context refers to the clouds and rains)
  • ذَاتِ — Zaa-t…(ir) — That  (= Controlling. Controller. Giver. Master. Occupant Occupying. Owning. Of. Owning. Owner. People. Possessing. Possessor. With)
  • الرَّجۡعِ — Ruj-ay — The returning (= Recurring, repeating and rotational in cycles. Clouds Drops of water that come down on earth from clouds which are formed again and again.

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:013                                      ○ وَالۡاَرۡضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدۡعِ ۙ‏

                Wul-ur-dzay-zaa-tis-sud-ay

               And by the earth that has the opening

  • وَ — Wa…(ul) — And By (= The وَ vaao is tantamount to taking oath; solemn declaration. Call or cite as a witness)
  • الۡاَرۡضِ — Ur-dzay –The earth (=1. Area; country; earth; ground; land; soil; territory.  2. Life on earth. 3. Nation; people or society in general)
  • ذَاتِ — Zaa-t…(is) — That has (= Controlling. Controller. Giving. Giver. Master. Occupying. Occupant. Of. Owning. Owner. People. Possessing. Possessor. With)
  • الصَّدۡعِ — Sud-ay — The opening (= Bursting, cracking and splitting to grow and sprout up grasses, greenery, herbage, plants, trees, vegetation and also springs of running water that gush out of earth)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:014                                              ○ اِنَّهٗ لَقَوۡلٌ فَصۡلٌ ۙ‏

                 In-na-hoo-la-qao-loon-fus-loon

                Most definitely this is a decisive word

  • اِنَّ — In-na — ,Definitely * (= Absolutely; certainly; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; in all seriousness; positively; really; surely; truly; verily)
  • هٗ — Hoo — This (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the Holy Qor-aan)
  • لَ — La — Certainly * (= Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; in all sincerity; positively; really; surely; truly; verily. * See our Commentary titled “2 Words of Emphasis used together Multiply Effect“)
  • قَوۡلٌ — Qao-loon — Word (= Announcement; declaration; decision; judgment; message; speech; utterance; verdict)
  • فَصۡلٌ — Fus-loon — Decisive (= Conclusive; discerning; discourse; decision-making. Something that distinguishes good from bad, separates the truth from falsehood. A/t/a “Commands strict laws for mankind to cut the roots of evil”)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:015 وَّمَا هُوَ بِالۡهَزۡلِ ؕ  ○                                           ‏

                 Wa-maa-ho-wa-bil-huz-lay

                 And it is not packed with the idle talk

  • وَّ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — Not (= Absolutely not; no; never)
  • هُو — Ho-wa — He (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Most translations refer it to the Holy Qor-aan to say that it is not an idle talk. But if the next word بِ is taken into account, then it would apply to the Holy Prophet s.a.w and mean that he did not vouch an idle talk to be the revelations to him which he packed into a book and called it the Holy Qor-aan)
  • بِ — Be…(il) — Packed with (= This word in Arabic literally means ‘with’. Here the word refers to the ‘mixed with’)
  • الۡهَزۡلِ — Ul-huz-lay — The idle talk (= Alleged revelation, conversation, monologue, speech or talk that is fun, idle, unproductive, useless, vain or wasteful. Discourse or discussion serving no purpose.  See our Commentary “The Holy Qor-aan is no joke“)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:016                                         ○ اِنَّهُمۡ يَكِيۡدُوۡنَ كَيۡدًا ۙ‏

                In-na-hoom-ya-kee-doo-na-kai-daa

                Surely they plot a plan

  • اِنَّ — In-na — Definitely (= Absolutely; certainly; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; in all seriousness; positively; really; surely; truly; verily)
  • ھُمۡ‌ — Hoom They (= pro., pl, .m., 3rd person. Refers to the men)
  • يَكِيۡدُوۡنَ — Yakee-doo-na — Plot (= v., Devise. Hatch. Make. Plan. Scheme)
  • كَيۡدًا — Kai-daa — A plan (= n., Device. Scheme. Some translations (like that by Zafrulla Khan) have referred such planning to be against the Holy Qor-aan while others (like that by Dr Al-Hilali) have implied it to be against the Holy Prophet s.a.w)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:017                                                  ○ وَّاَكِيۡدُ كَيۡدًا ۚۖ‏

                Wa-akee-do-kai-daa

                But I too have a plan

  • وَّ — Wa — But (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; and; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • اَكِيۡدُ — Akee-do — I have (= Devise. Hatch. Have; Make. Plan. Plot. Scheme)
  • كَيۡدًا — Kai-daa — A plan (= Devise. Plot. Scheme. See also the same word in the previous verse)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:018 فَمَهِّلِ الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ اَمۡهِلۡهُمۡ رُوَيۡدًا  ○                              ‏

               Fa-muh-hay-lil-kaa-fe-ree-na-um-hil-hoom-ro-wai-daa

               So bear with the disbelievers.  Give them a little respite.

  • فَ — Fa — So (= Consequently; as a result; then; thereafter; therefore)
  • مَهِّلِ — Muh-hay-lil — Bear with (= Delay. Give time. Leave alone. Leave them to be. Put up with. Respite. Reprieve. Tolerate)
  • الۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ — Kaa-fe-ree-na — Disbelievers (= n., pl., 1.Those who deny, refuse or reject the Faith or belief in Allah, the Holy Qor-aan and Islaam and be a Moslem. 2. Faithless; heretic; infidel; non-believer; rejecter of, resistor to and unbeliever in God. 3 Who act ungratefully and fail to appreciate, thank for, use or utilize God-given abilities, blessings, capabilities, capacities, gifts, opportunities afforded and talents provided by abusing, and misusing them)
  • اَمۡهِلۡ — Um-hil — Give respite (= Bear; delay; give time; grant reprieve; leave alone; leave them to be; put up with; tolerate)
  • هُمۡ‌ — Hoom — Them (= pro., pl., m., 3 rd person. Refers to the disbelievers)
  • رُوَيۡدًا — Ro-wai-daa — A little while (= Briefly, shortly or slowly. For a short time)
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086:006 to 011

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Abid

 Continued from 086:001 to 005

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:006             فَلۡيَنۡظُرِ الۡاِنۡسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ؕ   ○                   ‏
              

               Ful-yun-zo-ril-in-saa-no-mim-ma-kho-lay-qa

               So man should look at from what he was created

  • فَ — Fa…(ul) — So (= Consequently; as a result; so; then; thus; therefore; yet)
  • لّ — La — Should (= Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; must; seriously; positively; really; surely; truly; verily. A/t/a Let a human being see and consider)
  • يَنۡظُر — Yun-zo-r..((il) — Look at (= Consider; observe; see; take notice; think of; view)
  • ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ — In-saa-na — Man (= The human being; mankind; the species known as man including his feminine gender woman)
  • مِمَّ — Mim-ma — From what (= Combination of two words. The first is مِنۡ that means ‘Among, from or out of the class, category, count, kind or several persons or things.’ The second isمَاۤ ‘maa’ that means ‘All that, what, whatever, any time, when or whenever.’ The combination means ‘from, for or out of what, concerning, regarding, relative to or thereby.’ In instant case the term refers to the manner, method, process, form or material with which man was created)
  • خُلِقَ — Kho-lay-qa — Was created (= Designed; fashioned)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:007                                          ○ خُلِقَ مِنۡ مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ۙ‏

               Kho-lay-qa-mim-maa-in-daa-fe-qin

               He was created from a jetting fluid

  • خُلِقَ — Kho-la-qa — He was created (= Brought into being; created in due proportion; designed from a scratch out of nothing; every created thing; fashioned with the mystery of the creation; formed; given forms and faces; produced; shaped)
  • مِنۡ — Min…(m) — From (= From or out of the class, category, count, kind or thing)
  • مَّآءٍ — Maa-in — Fluid (= Water; H2O; drop of; liquid)
  • دَافِقٍ — Daa-fe-qin — A jetting (= Coming, ejecting, emitting, emitting, flushing, gushing out or pouring forth unstoppably with fierce force)

* Note 080:020. Other places where the creation of man from a sperm-drop is mentioned besides the one here from a jetting fluid in 086:007 include 022:006, 023:014, 080:020 and an insignificant fluid in 032:009.

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        086:008                       ○  يَّخۡرُجُ مِنۡۢ بَيۡنِ الصُّلۡبِ وَالتَّرَآٮِٕبِ ؕ‏

               Yukh-ro-jo-mim-bai-nis-sool-bay-wut-ta-raa-ib

               That comes out from between the loins and the ribs

  • يَّخۡرُجُ — Yukh-ro-jo — Comes out (= Brought, bursts, emits, flows, issues or spills out.  Emerges.  Emits.  Exits.  Grows.  Is produced.  Proceeds)
  • مِنۡ — Min…(m) — From (= Among, from or out of a class, category, count or kind)
  • بَيۡنِ — Bai-n…(is) — Among (= Between; betwixt. Also ahead, facing or in front of)
  • الصُّلۡبِ — Sool-bay — Loins (= Back. Backbone. Spine)
  • وَ — Wa…(ut) — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • التَّرَآٮِٕبِ — Ta-raa-ib — The ribs (= Breast bones. Protective cage of bones around lungs.  The above three words a/t/a “result of the conjunction of sexual area of a man and sexual area of a woman” – Ahmed Zidan

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The Holy Qor-aan                                        086:009                                     ○ اِنَّهٗ عَلٰى رَجۡعِهٖ لَقَادِرٌ ؕ‏

                In-na-hoo-alaa-ruj-ai-he-la-qaa-dir

               He most certainly has the power to return him to life

  • اِنَّ — In-na — Certainly * (= Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; positively; really; seriously; surely; truly; verily)
  • هٗ — Hoo — He (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the ‘Creator’ Almighty Allah)
  • عَلٰى — Alaa — On (= Above; against; before; for; on top of; over; upon)
  • رَجۡعِ — Ruj-ai — Return (= Bring back; restore; reversal. God Who created man the first time in above manner is able to give him life again. Translations vary between ‘returning him to life’ that is physical or spiritual or both physical and spiritual)
  • هٖ — He — That (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to ‘the man’ created)
  • لَ — La — Certainly * (= Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; in all seriousness; in all sincerity; positively; really; surely; truly; verily)
  • قَادِرٌ — Qaa-dir — Has the power (= Able. Capable of. Controller. Has the power)

*Note: See Commentaries titled “2 Words of Emphasis used together Multiply Effect“: and “Punctuations and Vowels.”

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:010                                         ○ يَوۡمَ تُبۡلَى السَّرَآٮِٕرُ ۙ‏

                Yao-ma-toob-lus-sa-raa-ero

               That day the secrets will be divulged

  • يَوۡمَ — Yao-ma — Day (= s., A period, term or time that ends; juncture)
  • تُبۡلَى — Toob-l…(us) — Divulged (= Disclosed. Exposed. Revealed. Let out. Searched. Tested by being brought out. Tried)
  • السَّرَآٮِٕرُ — Sa-raa-ero — Secrets (= Thoughts buried deep down a person’s consciences. Consciences will be searched to determine intentions. Ideas concealed, hidden and pushed under the rug. A/t/a “All the secrets, deeds, prayers, fasting will be examined as to their truth”)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         086:011                                ○فَمَا لَهٗ مِنۡ قُوَّةٍ وَّلَا نَاصِرٍ ؕ ‏       

               Fa-maa-la-hoo-min-qoo-wa-tin-wa-laa-naa-ser

               He then will have no strength and no helper

  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; then; thus; therefore; yet)
  • مَاۤ — Maa –No (= Absolutely not; no; never)
  • لَ — La — For (= For the attention, benefit, purpose or reason of. With intent to. With the object of)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid ‘man’)
  • مِنۡ — Min — From (= Among, from or out of a class, category, count or kind. Among, from or out of a several persons or things)
  • قُوَّةٍ — Qoo-wa-tin — Strength (= Earnestness; force; might; power to defend himself)
  • وَّ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • لَّا — Laa — No (= Absolute denial; never; not at all; total negation)
  • نَاصِر — Naa-ser — Helper (= Aide or assistant to help man in aforesaid defense of himself)

Continued: See 086:012 to 018

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Whispering

Posted on August 11, 2015 by Abid

Whispering – Prayer to protect from

The 114:001 starts with God’s names and urges man to seek His protection from the evil of whispering – gossips, idle talks, innuendos, secrets, whispers and all kinds of he-said, they-said, you-said and I-said.

The word يُوَسۡوِسُ (yo-wus-way-so) is a verb in present and future tense (Mo-dzaa-ray). Its best translation is whispers’ or ‘incites’ – a transitive verb. Other equivalents of this word can be any person or thing that creates incitement, that grows, sneaks or suggests bad thoughts, that causes images to crop up in one’s mind or that develops images of wild wicked imagination.

The noun of aforesaid verb is (وَسۡوَاسِ, wus-waas) that means whispering. It includes acts of sneaking, conjuring witches, gossips, incitements, innuendos, insinuations, and suggestions made by other people as well as secret, silent or slinking ideas that crop up from nowhere.

Although it is the mind where all ideas arise, in Arabic the expression used is arising in صُدُور (so-doo-r, plural of sa-dur) that literally means ‘hearts’ and has been translated as ‘bosoms, breasts, chests and souls.

This verb يُوَسۡوِسُ signifies the commencement of an unending process of just imagined situations. Everyone suffers occasional bouts of evil thoughts that stem from some smell, scene or memory. The original thought and reaction appear out of thin air as if someone had secretly whispered them. The time-wasting unproductive mental gymnastic sequence keeps growing, often exponentially. The wild imagination occasionally slows down as if to evaluate the impact of the initial whispering. Diminishing or dissipation of these wild evil thoughts is short-lived but return stronger, severer. After a brief lull the suggestive injection invariably lunges forward with much mightier onslaught. Successive waves of pure imagination, brief reprieves and day dreaming establish vicious cycle. The thought process grows more lucrative by the minute as most efforts to curb or control it fail. Most people experience them and succumbing to them is easy like flowing in a downhill torrent. Stopping such unproductive chain of thoughts is hard and is tantamount to climbing uphill path. Checking these useless wild flights involving unreal out-of-life episodes just imagined is not easy. However, they are surmountable with the help of the prayers, patience and persistence (002:046).

Verses 002:068, 002:209; 003:037, 023: 098, 025:066; 041:037 and Soorah 114 provide prayers. A heavy dose of will-power coupled with these prayers are effective to suppress all evil tendencies. The roots to all mischief in the world are conceived ignoble thoughts, ideas, designs plans and plots. The prayers seeking God’s protection are the proven strategy to ward off those.

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087:010 to 020

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Abid

Continued from 087:001 to 009

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:010                                   ○  ؕ ‏ فَذَكِّرۡ اِنۡ نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكۡرٰى

                Fa-zuk-kir–in-na-fa-aa-tiz-zik-raa

                So remind. Reminding certainly benefits

  • فَ — Fa — So (= Consequently; as a result; so; then; thus; therefore; yet)
  • ذَكِّر — Zuk-kir — Remind (= Admonish. Make a person recall and remember. Warn)
  • اِنۡ — In — Certainly (=Absolutely; assuredly; categorically; clearly; definitely indeed; doubtlessly; earnestly; positively; really; seriously; sincerely; surely; truly; verily)
  • نَّفَعَتِ — Na-fa-aa-ti…(z) –Benefit s (= Avail. Does good. Helps. Is beneficial and profitable. Pays. Profits. Shows profit)
  • الذِّكۡرٰى — Zik-raa — Reminding (= Admonishing. Helping someone recall and remember things he may have forgotten. Pondering. Reflecting. Refreshing the memory. Remembrance. Thinking about. Warning)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          087:011                                        ○   سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنۡ يَّخۡشٰى ۙ‏

                Sa-yuz-zuk-ka-ro-mun-yukh-shaa

               Soon who fears God will heed

  • سَ — Sa — Soon (= 1. In near term; in the near future; in a short while; 2. Briskly; Quickly. Swiftly)
  • يَذَ كَّر — Yuz-zuk-ka-ro — Will heed (= v., Grasp; keep fresh in minds; pay attention; recall; receive; recollect; reflect; remember)
  • مَنۡ — Mun — Who (= Anyone; whoever; whom; whomever; whoso)
  • يَّخۡشٰى — Yukh-shaa — Fears God (= Afraid. Stands in awe of Allah)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:012                                          ○  وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الۡاَشۡقَى ۙ‏

                 Wa-ya-ta-jun-na-bo-hul-ush-qaa

                And avoiding that will be the reprobate

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • يَتَجَنَّبُ — Ya-ta-jun-na-bo — Avoiding (= v. Escaping; flouting; keeping away; removing himself; turning side; turning away)
  • هَا — Ha…(ul) — That (= pro., s., f., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid ‘Reminding’)
  • الۡاَشۡقَى — Ush-qaa — The reprobate (= Hapless. Hardened sinner. Most wretched. Person with hard luck. Reprobate. Unfortunate wicked person. Whoever is steeped in wickedness. Who is headed towards the great fire. Wicked sinner. Also, The wayward will walk away from it)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          087:013                                ○  الَّذِىۡ يَصۡلَى النَّارَ الۡكُبۡرٰى ۚ‏

                 Ul-la-zee-yus-lun-naa-rul-koob-raa

                Who will enter the great fire

  • الَّذِىۡ — Ul-la-zee — Who (= s., m., 3rd person. Ref here is to the ‘wicked sinner’)
  • يَصۡلَى — Yus-la..(un) — He will enter (= Be cast or thrown in. Burn. Endure. Plunged in. Roast. Scorch in. Suffer the chastisement and pain)
  • النَّارَ — Naa-ra…(ul) — Fire (= Rapid sustained chemical reaction releasing heat and light)
  • الۡكُبۡرٰى — Koob-raa — The great (= Greatest. Raging. Real big one)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:014                               ○  ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوۡتُ فِيۡهَا وَلَا يَحۡيٰى ؕ‏

               Thoom-ma-laa-ya-moo-to-fee-haa-wa-laa-yuh-yaa

               Then he will neither die in it nor live alive

  • ثُمَّ — Thoom-ma — Then (= After that; subsequently; thereafter)
  • لَا– Laa — Neither (= Absolute denial; never; not at all; total negation)
  • يَمُوۡتُ — Ya-moo-to — Die (= Face death; rendered lifeless. a/t/a die to be in rest)
  • فِىۡ — Fee — In (= 1. Relative to; concerning; for the sake of; in reference to; pursuing. 2. Inside. Contained amidst, among or inside a duration, event, time, place, period or situation)
  • هَا — Haa — It (= pro., s., f., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid ‘Fire’)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • لَا — Laa — Nor (= Absolute denial; never; not at all; total negation)
  • يَحۡيٰى — Yuh-yaa — Live alive (= v., pass., Brings, raises or restores to life; enlivens. Preserve alive those considered dead. Given good life)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:015                                          ○  قَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ مَنۡ تَزَكّٰى ۙ‏

                 Qud-uf-la-ha-mun-ta-zuk-kaa

                Certain to succeed is he who cleansed himself

  • قَدِ — Qud — Certain (= Word that lays emphasis like absolutely, assuredly, categorically; certainly; definitely, doubtlessly; for sure; in spite of; positively; surely; verily)
  • اَفۡلَحَ — Uf-la-ha — Succeeded (= v., Achieved. Won. Grew. Was happy and prosperous in the life here and hereafter)
  • مَنۡ — Mun — Who  (= Anyone; whoever; whom; who; whoso)
  • تَزَكّٰى — Ta-zuk-kaa — Cleansed (= Made himself cleaned, holy and pious; purified)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          087:016                                  ○  وَذَكَرَ اسۡمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰى‌ ؕ‏

               Wa-za-ka-rus-ma-rub-bay-he-fa-sul-laa

               And glorified the name of his God, then prayed

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • ذَكَر — Za-ka-ra..(us) — Glorified (= Did extol. Exalted. Recalled. Remembered)
  • اسۡمَ — Us-ma — Name (= n., s., The labels or means with which a person or thing is addressed, called or named)
  • رَبِّ — Rub-bay — God (= The Almighty Allah who fills needs of all creatures;
    Cherisher; Creator; Guardian; Master; Lord Provident. The Only One Who provides all that sustains life. The Ultimate Provider of air, water, food and whatever we and all other creatures need to live and subsist)
  • هٖ — He — His (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid pious person)
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= After all this; as a result; at the end; hence; in the final analysis; in conclusion; in consequence; so; therefore)
  • صَلّٰى‌ — Sul-laa — Prayed (= Offered prayers. Worshiped)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:017                              بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُوۡنَ الۡحَيٰوةَ الدُّنۡيَا ۖ○ ‏

                Bul-toe-thay-roo-nul-ha-yaa-tud-doon-yaa

               But really you prefer the present life

  • بَلۡ — Ba…(ul) — Really (= Aye; nay; but the truth is; however; instead; of course; nevertheless; on the contrary; rather; the fact is; truthfully; verily; yea but; yes indeed)
  • تُؤۡثِرُوۡنَ — Toe-thay-roo-na..(ul) — You prefer (= Like. Prefer one over and above the other)
  • لۡحَيٰوةِ — Ha-yaa-t..(ud) — Life (= The quality shown by functions among others of growth and response to stimulation and reproduction by which living organisms are distinguished from dead organisms and inanimate matter)
  • ٱلدُّنۡيا — Doon-yaa — The present (= 1. Hither. Hither life. Life here on earth, of the near world, or of the world at hand, or of this world. Near life. Worldly. 2. Close at hand; near one; present; short-term. 3. The opposite of the life Hereafter)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          087:018                                    ○ وَالۡاٰخِرَةُ خَيۡرٌ وَّ اَبۡقٰى ؕ‏

               Wul-aa-khe-ra-to-khai-roon-wa-ub-qaa

               And the Hereafter is better and lasting

  • وَ — Wa…(ul) — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • الۡاٰخِرَةُ — Aa-khe-ra-to — The Hereafter (= Coming. Future. Judgment Day. Resurrection. The end. Life – after death, ahead, later, next, yet to come later.
    Succeeding hour. Something in the far distant. Time ahead, in future, yet to come; The Last or other world)
  • خَيۡرٌ — Khai-roon — Better (= Best. Comparatively superior; of greater, higher or more value. Happier, more glad and joyful)
  • وَّ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • اَبۡقٰى — Ub-qaa — Lasting (= Enduring. Eternal. Everlasting. Perpetual)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:019                             ○  اِنَّ هٰذَا لَفِى الصُّحُفِ الۡاُوۡلٰى ۙ‏

                 In-na-haa-zaa-la-fis-so-ho-fil-oo-laa

                Most certainly this was in the former Books

  • اِنَّ — Inna — Certainly * (= Absolutely; assuredly; categorically; clearly; definitely indeed; doubtlessly; earnestly; in all seriousness; in all sincerity; positively; really; surely; truly; verily)
  • هَـٰذَا — Haa-za — This (= The article, thing or person present before the talker)
  • لَ — La — Certainly * (= Almost the same as ‘definitely’ above. See Commentary ‘2 Words of Emphasis used together Multiply Effect’)
  • فِىۡ — Fee…(s) — In (= Inside a duration, event time, place, period, thing or situation. 2. Belonging to the category of or ranked among. 3. Codified and written)
  • الصُّحُفِ — So-ho-f…(il) — Books (= The Holy Book; the Code; Divine revelations penned down in a form that can be read. Holy revelation from God to his apostles. Scriptures. Written parts, pages and portions of the Book. Leaves and pages kept pure and sanctified)
  • الۡاُوۡلٰى — Oo-laa — The former (= Earlier; former state; already past; preceding hour, life or period)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:020                                 ○  صُحُفِ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ وَمُوۡسٰى

               So-ho-fay-ib-raa-he-ma-wa-moo-sa

              The Books of Abraham and Moses

  • صُحُفِ — So-ho-fay — The books (= The Holy Book; the Code; Divine revelations penned down in a form that can be read. Holy revelation from God to his apostles. Scriptures. Written parts, pages and portions of the Book. Leaves and pages kept pure and sanctified)
  • اِبۡرٰهٖمَ — Ib-raa-he-ma — Abraham** (= Ibrahim; the name of a Messenger / Prophet of Allah)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • مُوۡسٰى — Moo-sa — Moses (= The name of a Messenger / Prophet of Allah)
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087:001 to 009

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Abid

The Holy Qor-aan                                                                                                  087:001 to 009

Verses of the Holy Qor-aan are quoted on this site with the numbers, the first set of three being the number of Soorah (Chapter) followed by the last set of three being the number of the verse. The numbers include بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ‏‏ as the verse #1 in every Soorah except the Soorah #9. The original Arabic word is shown first, or in Col #1. The phonetic transliteration in English is shown next, or in Col #2, and is based upon words commonly pronounced like bat, cat, sat → fate, gate, hate → bait, trait → bay, nay, say → be, he, she → bet, pet, wet → bit, fit, sit → cot, dot, rot → boot, hoot, root → bout, rout → but, cut, hut, ultimatum. The English equivalent to the Arabic words (shown first, or in Col #1) are provided next, or in Col #3. Some other alternates in English used in other translations are given last, or in Col #4.

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Chapter # 87                                           Soora-tool-Au-laa                                  سُوۡرَةُ الاٴعلی

بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ

سَبِّحِ اسۡمَ رَبِّكَ الۡاَعۡلَى  ۙ‏ ○  الَّذِىۡ خَلَقَ فَسَوّٰى  ۙ‏○  وَالَّذِىۡ قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰى  ۙ‏ ○  وَالَّذِىۡۤ اَخۡرَجَ الۡمَرۡعٰى  ۙ‏ ○  فَجَعَلَهٗ غُثَآءً اَحۡوٰى  ؕ  ‏ سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنۡسٰٓى ‏   ۙ‏ ○  ‏ ‏ اِلَّا مَا شَآءَ اللّٰهُ‌ؕ اِنَّهٗ يَعۡلَمُ الۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفٰى  ؕ ○  ‏ وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرٰى  ۖ‏ ○  فَذَكِّرۡ اِنۡ نَّفَعَتِ الذِّكۡرٰى ؕ ○  سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَنۡ يَّخۡشٰى ۙ‏ ○  وَيَتَجَنَّبُهَا الۡاَشۡقَى  ۙ ○  ‏ الَّذِىۡ يَصۡلَى النَّارَ الۡكُبۡرٰى ۙ‏ ○  ثُمَّ لَا يَمُوۡتُ فِيۡهَا وَلَا يَحۡيٰى  ؕ‏ ○  قَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ مَنۡ تَزَكّٰى  ۙ‏ ○  وَذَكَرَ اسۡمَ رَبِّهٖ فَصَلّٰى‌  ؕ ○  ‏ بَلۡ تُؤۡثِرُوۡنَ الۡحَيٰوةَ الدُّنۡيَا ۖ‏ ○  وَالۡاٰخِرَةُ خَيۡرٌ وَّ اَبۡقٰى ؕ‏ ○  اِنَّ هٰذَالَفِى الصُّحُفِ الۡاُوۡلٰى  ۙ‏ ○  صُحُفِ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَ وَمُوۡسٰى 

1. Bis-mil-laa-hir-rah-maa-nir-ra-heem
2. Sub-bay-his-ma-rub-bay-kul-au-laa
3. Ul-la-zee-kha-la-qa-fa-suw-waa
4. Wul-la-zee-qud-da-ra-fa-ha-daa
5. Wul-la-zee-ukh-ra-jul-mur-aa
6. Fa-ja-aa-la-hoo-gho-thaa-un-ah-waa
7. Sa-nooq-ray-o-ka-fa-laa-tun-saa
8. Il-laa-maa-shaa-ul-laa-ho–in-na-hoo-yau-la-mool-juh-ra-wa-maa-yukh-faa
9. Wa-no-yus-say-ro-ka-lil-yoos-ra
10. Fa-zuk-kir–in-na-fa-aa-tiz-zik-raa
11. Sa-ya-zuk-ka-ro-mun-yukh-shaa
12. Wa-ya-ta-jun-na-bo-hul-ush-qaa
13. Ul-la-zee-yus-lun-naa-rul-koob-raa
14. Thoom-ma-laa-ya-moo-to-fee-haa-wa-laa-yuh-yaa
15. Qud-uf-la-ha-mun-ta-zuk-kaa
16. Wa-za-ka-rus-ma-rub-bay-hee-fa-sul-laa
17. Bul-toe-thay-roo-nul-ha-yaa-tud-doon-yaa
18. Wul-aa-khe-ra-to-khai-roon-wa-ub-qaa
19. In-na-haa-zaa-la-fis-so-ho-fil-oo-laa
20. So-ho-fay-ib-raa-he-ma-wa-moo-sa

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1. With the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful I begin
2. Praise the name of your God, the Most High
3. Who created, then proportioned well
4. And Who destined, then guided
5. And Who produced the pasture
6. Then He turned it into withered grass
7. Soon We will make you read; so you won’t forget
8. Except whatever Allah willed. He certainly knows the revealed and what is concealed
9. And We will certainly make it easy for you to reach the Ease
10. So remind. Reminding certainly benefits
11. Soon who fears God will heed
12. And avoiding that will be the reprobate
13. Who will enter the great fire
14. Then he will neither die in it nor live alive
15. Certain to succeed is he who cleansed himself
16. And glorified the name of his God, then prayed
17. But really you prefer the present life
18. And the Hereafter is better and lasting
19. Most certainly this was in the former Books
20. The books of Abraham and Moses

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:001                                     ○بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ‏‏

Bis-mil-laa-hir-rah-maa-nir-ra-heem

With the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful I begin

(Beginning, commencing, starting)

  • بِ — B…(is) — With (= This Arabic word literally means ‘with’. Its translation in English is more accurate with ‘with’ than with ‘in’)
  • سۡمِ — Ism…(il) — The name of (= The way to be addressed or called)
  • اللهِ — Laa-h…(ir) — Allah (= The Almighty God; the One Only worthy of worship)
  • الرَّحۡمٰنِ — Rah-maa-n(ir) — The Most Beneficent (= The One who fully, totally and wholly benefits all, to the maximum, with no condition, limitation or restriction. Compassionate. Gracious)
  • الرَّحِيۡمِ — Ra-heem — The Most Merciful (= The One who fully, totally and wholly showers mercy, to the maximum, again and again, continually, indefinitely and perpetually like the endlessly incoming waves from the oceans)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:002                                       ○سَبِّحِ اسۡمَ رَبِّكَ الۡاَعۡلَى ۙ‏

                Sub-bay-his-ma-rub-bay-kul-au-laa

               Praise the name of your God, the Most High

  • سَبِّحِ — Sub-bay..h(is) — Praise (= Celebrate the praise; exalt; express appreciate; extol; glorify; praise; sing praising hymns; worship)
  • اسۡمَ — Is-ma — Name (= n., sing., The labels or means with which one person or thing is addressed, called or named)
  • رَبِّ — Rub-bay — God (= The Almighty Allah who fills needs of all creatures;
    Cherisher; Creator; Guardian; Master; Lord Provident. The Only One Who provides all that sustains life. The Ultimate Provider of air, water, food and whatever we and all other creatures need to live and subsist)
  • كَ — Ka…(ul) — You (= pro., s., m., 2nd person. You single male. The addressee of this divine message is initially the Holy Prophet s.a.w and secondarily every Moslem, in fact every human being. See the Note under 002:005)
  • لۡاَعۡلٰى‌ — Au-laa — The Highest (= superlative form indicates the greatest, highest or most and highlights that none more than Him is the Greatest; The Highest; The Most Exalted)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          087:003                                         ○ الَّذِىۡ خَلَقَ فَسَوّٰى ۙ‏

                Ul-la-zee-kha-la-qa-fa-suw-waa

               Who created, then proportioned well

  • الَّذِىۡ — Ul-la-zee — Who (= s., m., 3rd person. Ref here is to the Almighty Allah)
  • خَلَقَ — Kha-la-qa — He created (= Brought into being; created in due proportion designed from a scratch out of nothing; every created thing; fashioned with the mystery of the creation; formed; gave forms and faces; produced; shaped)
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; then; thus; therefore; yet)
  • سَوّٰى — Suw-waa — He Perfected (= Balanced. Designed. Fashioned. Made it complete. Ordered good proportions. Perfected. Settled with harmony. Supplied suitable shapes. Made man flawless Well-proportioned)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          087:004                                         ○ وَالَّذِىۡ قَدَّرَ فَهَدٰى ۙ‏

                 Wul-la-zee-qud-da-ra-fa-ha-daa

                And Who destined, then guided

  • وَ — Wa…(ul) — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • الَّذِىۡ — La-zee — Who (= s., m., 3rd person. Ref here is to the Almighty Allah)
  • قَدَّرَ — Qud-da-ra — Destined * (= v., Designed. Determined capacities. Fixed goals. Measured and furnished faculties. Ordained destiny. Ordained and imposed laws in Paramount Majesty)
  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; then; thus; therefore; yet)
  • هَدٰى — Ha-daa — Guided * (= v., Provided appropriate guidance. Set on course, line, path, road or way with good guidance to reach goals)

* Note # 087:004.  The translations “Measured preordainments for everything even to be blessed or wretched” and “Showed mankind the right as well as wrong paths, and guided the animals to pasture” could support a bad person’s contention that God made him bad and so being bad was not his fault.

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:005                                     ○ وَالَّذِىۡۤ اَخۡرَجَ الۡمَرۡعٰى ۙ‏

                Wul-la-zee-ukh-ra-jul-mur-aa

                And Who produced the pasture

  • وَ — Wa…(ul) — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • الَّذِىۡ — La-zee — Who (= s., m., 3rd person. Ref here is to the Almighty Allah)
  • اَخۡرَجَ — Ukh-ra-j..(ul) — Produced (= Brought forth; brought into being; developed; grew. made it blossom and sprout out)
  • الۡمَرۡعٰى — Ul-mur-aa — Pasture (= Grazing field; greenery; green grasses; green luscious herbage; pasturage; vegetation of all kinds)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:006                                       ○ فَجَعَلَهٗ غُثَآءً اَحۡوٰى ؕ‏

                Fa-ja-aa-la-hoo-gho-thaa-un-ah-waa

               Then He turned it into withered grass

  • فَ — Fa — Then (= Consequently; as a result; so; then; thus; therefore; yet)
  • جَعَلَ — Ja-aa-la — Turned (= v., p., Appointed; assigned; brought into being; caused; created; converted; declared; designed; developed; fashioned; formed; labeled; made; produced; reduced into; rendered; set up)
  • هٗ — Hoo — It (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to aforesaid ‘pasture’)
  • غُثَآءً — Gho-thaa-un — Grass (= Dried up dead grass; refuse; rubbish; stubble)
  • اَحۡوٰى — Ah-waa — Withered (= Black; dark, dust or gray colored; molded; rotten; russet, swarthy grass that even animals won’t eat)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                          087:007                                         ○ سَنُقۡرِئُكَ فَلَا تَنۡسٰٓى ۙ‏

                 Sa-nooq-ray-o-ka-fa-laa-tun-saa

                Soon We will make you read; so you won’t forget

  • سَ —  Sa — Soon (= In near term or near future; in a short while. Also briskly, quickly or swiftly)
  • نُقۡرِئُ — Nooq-ray-o — Make read (= Coach; convey the message; gradually instruct in small easy degree; proclaim; recite; study. teach in such a way)
  • كَ — Ka — You (= pro., s., m., 2nd person. You single male. The addressee of this divine message is initially the Holy Prophet s.a.w and secondarily every Moslem, in fact every human being. See the Note under 002:005)
  • فَ — Fa — So (= Consequently; as a result; so; then; thus; therefore; yet)
  • لَا — Laa — Won’t / Don’t (= Absolute denial; never; no; not at all; total negation)
  • تَنۡسٰٓى — Tun-saa –You forget (= Ignore; out of mind)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:008              ○ اِلَّا مَا شَآءَ اللّٰهُ‌ؕ اِنَّهٗ يَعۡلَمُ الۡجَهۡرَ وَمَا يَخۡفٰى ؕ‏

                 Il-laa-maa-shaa-ul-laa-ho–in-na-hoo-yau-la-mool-juh-ra-wa-maa-yukh-faa

                Except whatever Allah willed. He certainly knows the revealed and what is concealed

  • اِلَّا — Il-laa — Except (= Apart from; but; besides; excluding; save; unless)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — Whatever (=All that; what; whatsoever; any time; when; whenever)
  • شَآءَ — Shaa-a..(ul) — Willed (= Chose; decided; decreed; dictated; enforced; liked; pleased; preferred; wished)
  • اللّٰهُ — Laa-ho — Allah (= The Almighty God; The only One worthy of worship)
  • اِنَّ — In-na — Certainly (= Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; positively; really; seriously; surely; truly; verily)
  • هٗ — Hoo — Him (= pro., s., m., 3rd person. Refers to the Almighty God)
  • يَعۡلَمۡ‏ — Yau-la-mo(ol) — Knows (= v., Is aware. Has the information, instruction, knowledge, guidance)
  • الۡجَهۡرَ — Ul-Juh-ra — Revealed (= Apparent. Loud. Manifest. Obvious. Open. Plain. The The opposite of what is concealed, hidden or unseen)
  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • مَاۤ — Maa — What (= All that; whatever; whatsoever. Any time; whenever)
  • يَخۡفَىٰ — Yukh-faa — Concealed (= Hidden. Kept secret. Unknown. Unseen)

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The Holy Qor-aan                                         087:009                                       ○  وَنُيَسِّرُكَ لِلۡيُسۡرٰى ۖ‏

                Wa-no-yus-say-ro-ka-lil-yoos-ra

                And We will certainly make it easy for you to reach the Ease

  • وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; but; also; more over; though; when; while; yet; whereupon)
  • نُيَسِّرُ — No-yus-say-ro — We will ease (= Facilitate your way to success and ease. Make the path smooth towards one’s target of comfort, ease and goodness; Make accessible. Provide easy access and every facility to do more of the same kind of deeds he has been doing. Smooth the way)
  • كَ — Ka — You (= pro., s., m., 2nd person. You single male. The addressee of this divine message is initially the Holy Prophet s.a.w and secondarily every Moslem, in fact every human being. See the Note under 002:005)
  • لِ — L…(il) — For / certainly (= 1. For the attention, benefit, purpose or reason of. 2.Absolutely; definitely; doubtlessly; earnestly; indeed; in all seriousness; in all sincerity; positively; really; surely; truly; verily)
  • يُسۡرٰى — Yoos-raa — Ease (= Bliss. Easy life. Easy path. Easy ways to be pious. Prosperity. Salvation. The circumstances, condition, state or situation of comfort and ease. Good times. Free from hardships. Relieved of affliction, adversity, destitution and poverty. The Ease. The Easy ways. The opposite of a hard life filled difficulties)

Continued: See 087:010 to 020

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Law – Marriage in Isslaam

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Abid

LAW

Marriage in Isslaam
(A brief introduction to lead into studying the original text in the Holy Qor-aan)

Divine guidance for marriage is provided in 002:222.   It declares improper to marry an idolater or idolatress because they lead to a real burning.   This burning can include marital chaos and disturbance of the life that give heart-burns.   On the other hand Allah invites to the blessings such as forgiveness and peaceful paradise.   The successful marriages generally build on mutual respect, understanding and forgiveness.   The 066:006 guides that the best wife is a believer, follower, loyal, sincere and worshiper.   Happy healthy families serve the purposes of human procreation and evolution lot better.  A home with loving environment is conducive to raise children who improve communities. Provisions floodlighting the issue from various different angles include 004:021, 004:025.   Commentary Woman – Role in Evolution hints at the effects of discarding such protocol. History shows that a good marriage has contributed in the human evolution tremendously.  Conversely the opposite has rung death knoll to others who violate it is stated in 007:082.  Keeping chaste till marriage is ordered and forcing girls to flout that is forbidden – 024:034. Prohibited is marrying a woman who is related in any of the ways  shown in verse 004:024.

Formation and dissolution of marriage in Islaam is done by contract.  It requires an open and public proposal and acceptance by competent parties, a consideration, and witnesses.
(a) Marrying cousins is allowed (033:051) but prohibited with several other relations specified in 004:023 and 004:024.  Open and public requirement is met by customarily manifesting intents to marry before a clergyman and two witnesses.  Marrying slaves and widows (004:026; 024:033) is regulated just like marrying a free person.
(b) Manifestation of intent to marry can be expressed personally (002:236) or thru an authorized agent, Wali.
(c) The consideration called Huq-Mehr or dowry is fixed (002:237 & 238).   It always remains a debt (004:025) until paid.   It must be paid happily unless remitted voluntarily (004:005).   Anyone who cannot financially afford to pay dower is recommended to remain chaste (024:034) until his situation improves.
(d) Many aspect of a divorce are dealt with in 002:229 to 242 and in the Notes placed at their ends.  Some Notes show how failure to translate some clauses accurately has led to misrepresent the true teachings of Islam.   And then the prohibitions and procedures are outlined in 004:020 to 023, 033:051 and 065:002.

Islaam does not recognize marriage between non-competent parties, man or woman, or living together.    Such cohabitation is treated as an illicit relationship which is voidable as a marriage and illegal.   Most sects stigmatize the children of such unions as illegitimate to block them from inheritances.   This is one reason why Islaam sanctified and meticulously regulated the institution of marriages.   The Holy Qor-aan has codified and specified every what, when, why or how aspect of marriage.   But the clergy has added many cultural and communal values to marriage and called them Islamic.   They-said-I-said-you-said-add-ons for centuries padded a Moslem marriage with huge burdens.   Marriage, dower, divorce and no issue was left out of being disfigured from its original format.   The 20th century Moslem legislatures have restored some original dictates in many nations.

Dissolution or Termination of marriage can be effected in several recognized ways.
(a) Wife’s right to dissolve her marriage is called Kholah. Permitted in 004:129 to 131, the exercise of that right has been extensively detailed in the 65th Chapter Ut-Talaaq (Divorce) and the 66th Chapter Ut-tuh-reem (Prohibition).
(b) Husband’s right to dissolve his marriage is called Talaq and is dealt at length in verses 002:228 to 002:238.
(c) Peer group of parties can counsel (065:003), try to save, or finally dissolve a marriage through the process commonly recognized in secular law as arbitration.
(d) Courts can dissolve a marriage by means of judicial decree in proper proceedings. Pakistani Shariat Law of 1962 and Egyptian laws illustrate judicial divorcing.

Historically, albeit incorrectly as shown in our Note 002:228,  a man’s right to divorce was treated as absolute, subject to the requirement of publicly pronouncing such intent three times.  Generally, wife’s dependence upon husband for living (004:035), husbands’ earning power and desire to dissolve marriage fast and clergy’s well-known greed to follow money, resulted in clerics’ approving ‘I divorce you’ announced three times in just one go.   Husbands’ ability to divorce immediately has been checked by Laws in many Moslem states, legislating provisions already recognized by some Moslem schools which required that the 3 pronouncements must be 30 to 40 days apart.   In accordance with the Holy Qor-aan they also promote reconciliation by interspersed periods of counseling.   Ahmadiyya jurisprudence mandates counseling (004:036) and opportunity to reconcile as the first, essential prerequisite to dissolve a marriage as warranted (065:003).

Remarriages are encouraged in Islaam.   Man can marry after divorce.   Woman must observe a waiting period (065:002, 065:005) that range from 40 to 90 days when pregnancy, child’s paternity and rights of inheritance are confirmed.   Polygamy is permitted based upon the prevalent interpretations of 004:004 but Moslems cannot practice it in western countries.   For instance, USA Immigration Law categorically prohibits it.   Some Moslem countries such as Pakistan have recently enacted laws that mandate wife’s prior, written consent before her husband is allowed to remarry.   Academically and culturally Moslems encourage remarrying of divorcees but the clergy in some countries has fabricated heinous and humiliating immoral practices that are forced upon the divorced women before they can remarry.   A Philadelphia Attorney asked me in 1992 as to the Islamic justification to imprison a divorced woman like he saw nearly 4,000 of them after World War II languishing in Egyptian and Turkish jails when each had been divorced and no man had yet come up to take her as a wife; my answer was the truth, “None whatsoever.”

The Holy Qor-aan mandates what is appropriate.   Practicing its teachings would not have let many societal ills to crop up and surround marriage and divorce issues.   The situation will get overhauled if those teachings are implemented in three areas.
a. Counseling both spouses if a marriage goes on the rocks.
b. Referring both parties to courts for judicial divorce if a party refuses counseling or arbitration by the peers.
c. Encouraging and helping divorced individuals in the community to remarry promptly.

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Prayers For Starting Anything

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Abid

(Please read our Commentary titled the PRAYERS, All Are In the Qor-aan

as a prelude to the following prayers)

PRAYERS FOR STARTING ANYTHING

Here are prayers to Exalt The Almighty God and invoke His blessings and guidance before starting anything, any individual, familial, fiscal, professional, social or communal activity. Attorneys before handling a case. Businessman before entering a transaction. Couples before marrying. Doctors before treating a patient. Job-seekers before an interview. Students before taking an exam. Travelers before going a journey. All have experienced great results. After all Allah has said, “When My servants ask you about Me, tell them I am very near” – 002:187.

Allah’s will

  • Praying to Allah, the Only One Worthy of Worship, for power and protection and power that people can’t muster any of it until He wills. 002:256 – Aayatool Koorsi / Everyone
  • Allah, Our God, You are the Master of Sovereignty. You grant the sovereignty (wisdom, power, domain, fiefdom, kingdom) whomever You will. You take away the sovereignty from anyone You will. And You honor whomever You will and You dishonor whomever You will – all with Your Good Hands. You certainly are The Controller on all things. 003:027 – You say
  • If Allah touches with a harm, then no one can rescue you. If He decides to bring you a good, then no one can repel it. He brings it to whichever of His servants He chooses. 010:107- Everyone
  • The Divine Spirit always comes with an order from my God. 017:086 – You say
  • The Real Sovereign is Allah; there is no god except Him, the Most Exalted, the Lord of the Glorious Throne. 023:117 – God’s Rule
  • All thanks are due to Allah Who gave us preference over many others of His believing servants. 027:016 – David and Solomon
  • We believe in this. This truly is from our God. We have already been in a state of total surrender. 028:054 – Believers
  • You run to reach and please Allah. 051:051 – God’s Rule

 

Beginning

  • I start with the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. 001:001. Also another 113 times as stated above – Everyone
  • May Allah’s name be with this boat in its sailing and ending its journey – 011:042 – Noah
  • God, please enter me in my affairs with appropriate, equitable, fair, genuine, honest, justified and truthful entries and exit me out of my affairs with appropriate, equitable, fair, genuine, honest, justified and truthful exits; and You Yourself assign me a mighty helping power. 017:081 – You say
  • Call upon Allah or the Most Beneficent, the beautiful names are His. 017:111- You say
  • God of us all, please show us mercy and put us on right track in all our affairs, jobs, tasks and things we do. 018:011 – Cave men
  • Never say ‘I will do this tomorrow’ unless you add ‘if Allah wills.’ 018:024/025 – You say
  • And remember your God if you forgot to do so upfront and say: My God will soon lead me to a way that is closer to the right road than even this. 018:025 – You say.
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